Firefighters Focus on Saving Homes
From Times Wire Reports
Firefighters tried to stop wildfires threatening homes in densely wooded areas and investigators suspected arsonists set some of the blazes. A fire near the Daytona Park Estates subdivision in Volusia County was probably set intentionally, officials said. Instead of trying to fight an unwinnable battles with all the fires, firefighters concentrated on protecting homes and other buildings from the 10 most serious of 21 fires burning in Volusia County west of the Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach tourist area.
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